men go out to work and women stay at home (idiom)
trad. 男主外，女主內
Also written 男主外，女主內【nán zhǔ wài , nǚ zhǔ nèi】
Characters in this word
5男
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(bound form) male, baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- Pinyin
- nán
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1233 of 2500
主
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owner, master, host, individual or party concerned, God, Lord, main, to indicate or signify, trump card (in card games)
- Pinyin
- zhǔ
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1715 of 2500
外
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outside, in addition, foreign, external
- Pinyin
- wài
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2016 of 2500
女
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female, woman, daughter
- Pinyin
- nǚ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 998 of 2500
内
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inside, inner, internal, within, interior
- Pinyin
- nèi
- Traditional
- 內
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 744 of 2500